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JERSEY CITY — Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, in collaboration with the Environmental Commission, the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, the Jersey City Parks Coalition, the Planning Division, the Law Department, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Health & Human Services/Division of Cultural Affairs, and several other city departments and agencies as well as local businesses and civic organizations, will end this year’s Project 365: Jersey City Green Week with the second annual closing festival, as well the start of Adopt-A-Lot/Adopt-A-Park.

“As we come to the end of this year’s Project 365: Green Week, I hope all residents continue to in our

effort to make Jersey City one of the greenest cities in the nation,” said Mayor Healy. “We will continue to

provide opportunities for our residents to lead sustainable lifestyles, as well as develop new ways in which

The Hudson & Manhattan RR Powerhouse in the downtown section of Jersey City stands amidst the million-dollar high-rises like a drab Cinderella before her Fairy Godmother turns her into a Princess. An icon of the golden age of Jersey City, the H&M Powerhouse that once harnessed electrical power to the Hudson Trains and Tunnel that connected New Jersey and New York before the PATH is now a deconstructed shell of her former self and – just like Cinderella – about to receive a makeover.

Located on Washington Boulevard between First and Bay Streets in downtown Jersey City, the H & M Powerhouse is in the city’s Warehouse Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by architect John Oakman and his partner W. Powell Robins, the H & M Powerhouse began powering up H & M Railroad’s Hudson Tunnels subway line that connected New Jersey and New York on February 25, 1908. It provided power 24/7 to the cars, lines, stations and terminals here and in New York. In 1929 the H & M Powerhouse closed and in December 2001, the National Register of Historic Places certified it as a national landmark. Continue reading H & M Powerhouse Loses Smokestacks Gains Momentum in Jersey City→

Area elected officials and College administrators, faculty and staff to sign topmost beam at April 2 event

Hudson County Executive Thomas A. DeGise, members of the Hudson County Chosen Board of Freeholders, New Jersey State Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, Hudson County Community College Board of Trustees Chair William J. Netchert, Esq. and other Trustees, Hudson County Community College President Glen Gabert and members of the College’s administration, faculty and staff will be in attendance for the Topping Out Ceremonies for the new Hudson County Community College Library & Academic Building, currently under construction at 71 Sip Avenue in Jersey City, NJ.

The event will begin with remarks in the lobby of the College’s Administration Building (70 Sip Avenue) on the Journal Square Campus in Jersey City and will proceed across the street to the site of the Library & Academic Building.

JERSEY CITY – Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and Police Department officials announced the city will host another gun buyback from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church, 661 Montgomery Street. There, residents can turn in rifles for $100, handguns and automatic weapons for $150, respectively, with no questions asked. Continue reading Jersey City Gun Buyback Saturday January 5th- NO QUESTIONS ASKED→

A weeklong celebration honoring the African heritage and culture

– Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and members of the Municipal Council, along with the Division of Cultural Affairs, will celebrate Kwanzaa from 6:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m., tomorrow, Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center, at 140 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Continue reading Jersey City to Celebrate Kwanzaa→